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  • Did the NFL Collude With EA Sports to Make Kaepernick's Name a Curse Word?

    In order to understand why EA Sports would delete Colin Kaepernick’s name from one of its most successful games, Madden NFL 19, you have to understand a fundamental truth: EA Sports is the NFL’s bitch. It started in 2004 when EA Sports was heavily challenged by the new kid on the block: ESPN 2K5. Not…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 3, 2018
  • Michael Bennett, Other Players Troll the MAGA Crowd With Social Justice Gear as They Suit Up for the Season

    Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett has been one of the more outspoken NFL players, thereby remaining a unicorn in the league. Bennett has protested police brutality in the black community and kneeled during the national anthem; he’s even openly criticized the president and yet, unlike Colin Kaepernick, he still has a job. On Wednesday,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 3, 2018
  • Trump to Migrant Parents Whose Children Were Taken at the Border: Let the ACLU Find Your Family

    Despite the fact that the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance policy” is the reason that migrant parents were forcibly separated from their children at the border, the Department of Justice doesn’t believe that they should be responsible for reuniting the families they tore apart. On Thursday, the Trump administration told a federal judge that the American…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 3, 2018
  • Papa John Needs to Go Sit His Ass Down: Still Wants to Shill for Pizza Company Despite Dropping the N-Word

    Papa John just won’t go wash the pizza grease off his face, remove his foot from his mouth and sit his ass down somewhere. John Schnatter, the founder of Papa John’s cardboard-ass pizza that tastes like a wagon wheel covered in ketchup with toppings, still believes that he can come back from dropping “nigger” in…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 2, 2018
  • Madden 19 Scrubbed Curse Words and Colin Kaepernick's Name Off Video Game's Soundtrack

    Colin Kaepernick’s name has been a hotbed of unchained blackness. It’s also been mentioned in the same league as some of the country’s most widely heralded civil rights leaders. In 2017, he was named GQ’s Citizen of the Year for his stance against police brutality against African Americans. In 2018, he was named Amnesty International’s…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 2, 2018
  • Gifted Handouts: How Questionable Ethics Are Plaguing Ben Carson's Time at HUD 

    Even before the President nominated Ben Carson to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, many, including Carson, raised questions about his qualifications to lead a federal agency. However, after 16 months on the job, Carson’s inability to abide by ethical guidelines has undermined his work at HUD even more than his inexperience. Now…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 2, 2018
  • Sarah Huckabee Sanders Tweets That Dems Suffer From 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.' It Didn't End Well

    White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, aka Suckabee, aka Aunt Lydia, aka the Devil’s Mouthpiece, took to Twitter to shame people who don’t support the president because that’s how the Trump administration uses social media. On Wednesday around the time that Suckabee should have been basting herself in cod oil and closing the lid…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 2, 2018
  • Congressional Hopeful Calls Melania Trump a 'Hoebag,' Claims She Works By the Hour

    Congressional candidate Mark Roberts is hot water after an offensive tweet in which he shamed sex workers and claimed that the first lady—she of the esteemed and highly forgotten, stupidly named Michelle Obama ripoff campaign “Be Best”—a “hoebag.” According to Oregon Live, Roberts, an Oregon 2nd District hopeful running as an Independent, was in a…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 2, 2018
  • Barack Obama Reminds America What a Real President Looks Like, Endorses 81 Candidates

    The last time we saw America’s royal family they were dancing to the sounds of Jay and Bey (arguably America’s other royal family). Since leaving the White House the Obamas are not going back and forth with you niggas, they are living their best life. The former president didn’t have to offer any suggestions or…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






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    August 1, 2018
  • Dak Prescott Is Every Black Man in Corporate America

    Dak Prescott is a black man. He’s also a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, one of the most profitable franchises in all of sports. The Dallas Cowboys is owned by Jerry Jones. Jerry Jones is a white man. He’s also Dak Prescott’s boss. Jones is a Trump-supporting, good ole boy from Arkansas who’s not a…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.






    Published

    August 1, 2018
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